Is the mitsubishi eclipse a girl's car??

[50]

Hello all, I am looking for a used car, and stumbled across this one. A dealer is selling a 2000 Eclipse GT. I've heard some people say this is a girls car, is it? I am seriously interested in this car, it's selling for about $8,000. Will this thing be a gas guzzler(it has a 3 liter V6)? Also are Eclipses expensive to insure? What about repairs/reliability, this one has 75k miles... Thanks

 

[Pex]

the only girls car i know of is a malibu.

 

[pyonir]

I associate Eclipse with Girl.

 

[MomAndSkoorbaby]

Yes it is a girlie car.

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: Pex
the only girls car i know of is a malibu.

and a VW bug. Hell it's got a vase in it.

 

[anxi80]

it is if you start pop-locking to 'days go by' by dirty vegas in it.

 

[RossMAN]

I LOVE their commercials, that's about it.

 

[Titan]

every eclipse I see has some chick driving it with some sad looking dude in the passenger seat.

 

[dxkj]

1999 4 cylinder turbo, that is not a girls car.


2004, sure girls car... v6

 

[Hammer]

Originally posted by: MrsSkoorb
Yes it is a girlie car.

*confirmed*

 

[PoPPeR]

yes

 

[dxkj]

Originally posted by: tkotitan2
every eclipse I see has some chick driving it with some sad looking dude in the passenger seat.

hehe

 

[notfred]

If you call it an "eclipse" it's a girl's car. If you call it a "DSM" it instantly becmoes more masculaine because acronyms and numbers are inherently more masculine than names.

 

[jagec]

almost all Mitsus suck, girl cars or not.

Decide what you want in a car (style, reliablity, mileage, power, size, insurance...), then find the types of cars that would suit those requirements. THEN start looking. If you see what looks like a good deal before you know what you want, your mind will be making up ways this car would be "the perfect car for you", and you won't realize how much you mislead yourself until you buy it
<---knows.

 

[50]

Damn...oh well can anyone reccomend a car that can compare to the 200 hp V6 this one has for the same or less than price?

 

[Deeko]

I disagree...don't think its a girls car

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: Deeko
I disagree...don't think its a girls car

No. Not a girls car. But it is a piece of sh|t.

 

[Maverick]

what does DSM stand for anyway? I know it refers to the older Eclipses, Talons, and Lasers but what does the acroynm stand for?

 

[halik]

90-99 Eclipse is definitely not a girls car 4g63 with awd has major potential

but the newest generation are .... FWD and slow as hell

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: Maverick
what does DSM stand for anyway? I know it refers to the older Eclipses, Talons, and Lasers but what does the acroynm stand for?

diamond star motors

 

[StageLeft]

It's a good car for you if you are:

a) a girl
or
b) a greasy skinny ricer who wants people in every other car to laugh at him

As always with this car I would advise to steer clear. It's got no power, no reliability, and no style. That adds up to crap.

 

[50]

Alright I get it, so who's got some suggestions for a cool looking fast import?

Just wondering, did Mitsubishi pay Craig Lieberman a sh!t load of money to make the eclipse one of the main cars in both fast and the furious movies(I know it was a pre 2000 eclipse in F&amp;F1 but why?)?

 

[spidey07]

girls car

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: 50
Alright I get it, so who's got some suggestions for a cool looking fast import?

Just wondering, did Mitsubishi pay Craig Lieberman a sh!t load of money to make the eclipse one of the main cars in both fast and the furious movies(I know it was a pre 2000 eclipse in F&amp;F1 but why?)?

I think they did. F&amp;F2 had even more mitsubishi action. Mitsu whores. Ricers like mitsubishis.

There are lots of cool looking fast imports, but none in your price range unless you start going a little older.

 

[AMCRambler]

I definitely don't associate Eclipse's with girls. Around here all the girls drive Civics, Beetles or Jettas. The new Eclipses are butt ugly though. I liked the late 90's Eclipse Spyders with the rounded edges on them. Cool looking cars. I have heard bad things regarding reliability though. Also they are pretty sporty so insurance might be high. Cool car but I don't think I would go for one.